Hat-cover and neck-shield



(No Model.)

' B. SHUNK.

HAT COVER AND NB K SHIELD. No. 350,398. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

BENJAMIN SHUNK, OF'JAOKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

HAT-COVER AND NECK-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,398, dated Octobcr5, 1886.

Application filed July 6, 1886. Serial No. 207,197. (No model To aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SHUNK, a citizen of the United'States, anda resident of Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State of Florida,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Hat-Covers andNeck- Shields and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahat provided with my improved cover and neckshield. Fig. 2 is asectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thecover and shield removed from the hat.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures. V v Myinvention has relation to covers for hats or caps havinga shield for protecting the back of the neck; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts of such a cover andshield having an inner lining of,

asbestus, rendering the cover nearly impermeable to the rays of the sun,as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the hat, and Bindicates the cover, which is shaped to fit freely upon the hat or cap,and this cover consists of an outer layer, 0, of any suitable lighttextile fabric, an inner layer, 1), of a similar material, and anintermediate layer, E, of asbestus, preferably in the form of felt,cloth, or flexible board. A

neck-shield, F, composed of the same ma'erials, is suspended from therear portion of the cover by means of hooks and eyes G, and this shieldwill protect the back of the neck of the person wearing the cover andshield when being exposed to the heat of the sun.

I have found by experiments that the different products of asbestus,which maybe used as this liningviz.,, asbestus felt, asbestus cloth, orasbestus boardof different thicknesses and stiffness, will beimpenetrable for the rays of the sun, objects being covered with thesematerials being held at a lower temperature when exposed to the rays ofthe sun than when covered by any other materials, and I therefore employthese asbestus products for lining the covers for hats or caps and forlining the neck-shields, which will be found very useful when a personis working in the sun and liable to stoop, exposing the back of the headand neck to the sun.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- A covering for head-wear consistingof an inner and an outer layer of textile fabric and an intermediatelayer of asbestus, in combination with a neck-shield composed of a likematerial.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

BENJAMIN SHUNK.

Witnesses:

W. L. BETTEs, COURTLAND BUCKMAN.

